Supreme Court dismisses death penalty case on people with mental disabilities

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Supreme Court dismisses death penalty case on people with mental disabilities

The majority dismissed on procedural grounds the case of Joseph Clifton Smith, whose mental faculties skirt the threshold for being spared the death penalty.

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